Bernard petchaft



(No Model.)

B. PETGHAFT.

SUSPENDERY END.

No. 496,095. Patented Apr. 25, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNARD PETCHAF'I, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDER-END.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,095, dated April25, 1893.

Application filed January 23,1893. Serial No. 459,430. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that IYBERNARD PETCHAFT, a

- citizen of the United States, residing in the city and State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in Suspender-Ends, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Suspender ends have heretofore been formed of braided threads either ina cylindrical or a flat tubular form, the same being bent double to formthe button-hole and united above the button-hole and the upper endsinserted into a suitable head piece or connection for the buckle uponthe suspender. In this class of suspender ends there is but littleopportunity for varying the appearance of the braided end except incolor, and the braided material is generally harsh and comparativelyrigid and does not easily accommodate itself to the shape of the button01' to the garments upon the person.

In the present improvement the suspender end is made of a woven orfelted fabric in the form of a strip surrounding an interior cord andthe edges of the fabric are united by a line of sewing similar to thatemployed in the manufacture of gloves, and the strip of material thusproduced is folded to form a loop and the inner ends united above thebuttonhole; in this manner I am enabled to employ a fabric of anydesired color, quality or texture, according to the grade of suspendersupon which the end is to be employed, and the suspender end is pliableand accommodates itself readily to the button with which it is used,andit is soft and acceptable to the person wearing the same, and thesuspender end has a more finished and acceptable appearance than thesuspender ends heretofore employed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a suspender end complete and readyfor use. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the tubular material crossingabove the button-hole. Fig. 3 illus trates the manner in which thesuspender end is manufactured.

The cord A is of suitable size and material, and the strip of fabric Bis woven, felted or otherwise manufactured and it is of any desiredcolor or texture, and I find it advantageous to inclose the cord A inthe strip of fabric B and unite the edges of the strip of fabric B by aline of sewing C, such sewing being similar to that employed in sewinggloves or in making button-holes.

The line of stitching 0 may be upon the outer edges of the button-holeE, as seen in Fig. 2, or such line of stitching may come upon the inneredges of the button-hole, as seen in Fig. 1, and the inner edges of thefolded strip may be united by a longitudinal seam of alternating orherring-bone stitches, as seen in Fig. 1, or the covered cord, afterbeing folded to form the button-hole, may be crossed as in Fig. 2 andstitched together with or without a line of stitching for uniting theparts of the covered cord together above the point of crossing.

The upper portions of the suspender ends are to be united to a suitablehead piece by stitching or otherwise. I have indicated in Figs. 1 and 2the head piece and part of the metal buckle by dotted lines; theseportions, however, of the suspender may be of any desired character andthey are well known in the trade.

I claim as my invention- As an improved article of manufacture, asuspender end formed of a cord having a covering of a flat fabric foldedaround the cord and united at the edges by sewing, such covered cordbeing doubled upon itself formed into a button-hole loop at the lowerend and united along the inner edges above such button hole by a line ofstitches, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 20th day of January, 1893.

BERNARD PETCIIAFT.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, A. M. OLIVER.

